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Europe pays tribute to those killed in the Berlin Christmas market attack

 

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BERLIN: -- A sombre-looking Angela Merkel joined the Mayor of Berlin, and Germany’s foreign and interior ministers at the scene of the deadly truck attack on the Christmas market in the capital.

 

Known for her open-door refugee policy, the Chancellor earlier told the press it would be “particularly sickening” if it turned out the vehicle’s driver was an asylum seeker.

 

While she signed a book of condolences in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, people outside were remembering those who lost their lives.

 

Several European countries also paid tribute to Germany and its victims. Belgium, Spain and France, each of which have been hit by terrorism, all observed a minute’s silence on Tuesday.

 

 
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The map shows the actions taken or inspired by Daech in a single month, from mid-July (the attack of Nice the day before) to mid-August 2016.

 

Extract below translated  from french press Le Monde  - article  by Jean Pierre Filiu 9/9 2016

 

This map  highlights the coordinated nature of the continent-wide jihadist campaign.

 

Just as Daech's obsession is to provoke inter-communal sedition in France, a similar obsession sees the jihadist organization constantly seeking to "involve" refugees in Germany. In either case, it is a matter of destabilizing a democratic society by fueling an escalation of violence, pushing certain groups against others by terror. The taking of Muslims from France as hostages by Daech refers to an equally collective hostage taking of Middle Eastern refugees in Germany. To this must be added Daech's virulent campaign against the Syrian refugees, accused of having fled the so-called "blessed" land of the self-proclaimed caliphate.

 

A little more than 800 people from Germany  have joined Syria and Iraq in recent years, most to enlist in Daech
One of them, Reda Seyam, even became"minister of education" (sic), but his death was announced in a bombing in Iraq in December 2014 .

The head of the German "contingent" would today be a Austrian-born Berliner, Mohammed Mahmoud, a "veteran" of jihad on media, who put Daech's skills at the disposal of Al-Qaeda September 2015 on a performance video in Palmyra).

One hundred and forty German jihadists were already dead, including at least 14 in suicide bombings.
The German Federal Police, the BKA, studied the profile of 677 of these jihadists. As a result, 61% were born in Germany (6% in Turkey, 5% in Syria and 5% in Russia) and 64% are German nationals. 21% are women and 18% of converts, slightly lower than in France. One of these converts, Christian Emde, acquired a certain notoriety after being interviewed on the spot by the German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer, a voluntary instrument of Daech propaganda in December 2014.
Nils Donath, arrested in Germany shortly after the January 2015 attacks in Paris, admitted to being a member of Amni, Daech's security branch, which, following the model of Saddam's "services", has evolved from low-police tasks To actions in "enemy" territory. The Amni, nicknamed "the Gestapo of Daech" by some German analysts (and sometimes transcribed Emni in the Anglo-Saxon press), is today responsible for international terrorist planning. The Amni had at least tried to recruit Harry Sarfo, another jihadist arrested in Germany in July 2015. A third jihadist, arrested in April 2016, was even "infiltrated" into the refugee channels by none other than Abdelhamid Abaaoud , Responsible for the massacre of 13 November 2015 in Paris, killed shortly after in Saint-Denis.
It is the possibility of an operational triangle between Germany, France and Belgium which is of greatest concern to German counter-terrorism specialists. But their worst nightmare would of course be a bloody attack perpetrated by a refugee, who would unleash populist, even racist passions.

 

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